Montclair State University is a public institution of higher education in the adjacent towns of Montclair, Little Falls, and Clifton, New Jersey, about 15 miles (25 kilometers) west of New York City. It was founded in 1908 as a teacher-training institution. The school became Montclair State College in 1958 and achieved university status in 1994.

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